San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
BESTSELLERS
Fiction
1. The Judge’s List
by John Grisham. The second book in the “Whistler” series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.
2. Better Off Dead
by Lee Child and Andrew Child. The 26th book in the “Jack Reacher” series. Reacher helps an FBI agent look for her missing brother and takes on a foe named Dendoncker.
3. The Wish
by Nicholas Sparks. Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas.
4. The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles. Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New
York in 1954.
5. State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny. In the wake of the previous administration’s mishandling of international affairs, the new Secretary of State Ellen Adams confronts interconnected global threats.
6. Cloud Cuckoo Land
by Anthony Doerr. An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.
7. Apples Never Fall
by Liane Moriarty. The Delaney siblings suspect their father of causing the disappearance of their mother.
8. The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave. Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
9. Billy Summers
by Stephen King. A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.
10. The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
Nonfiction
1. Going There
by Katie Couric. The former anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and “Today” describes some of the personal and professional challenges she faced.
2. Renegades
by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen. Conversations between the 44th president and the multiple award-winning musician on a variety of topics.
3. Best Wishes, Warmest
Regards
by Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy. Character profiles, major story moments and behind-the-scenes tales from the Emmy-winning series “Schitt’s Creek.”
4. The Storyteller
by Dave Grohl. A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
5. Peril
by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. The Washington Post journalists detail the dangers and challenges during the transition to the Biden presidency.
6. Not All Diamonds and Rosé
by Dave Quinn. An oral history of the reality-TV franchise “The Real
Housewives.”
7. The Boys
by Ron Howard and Clint Howard. The Howard brothers credit their success in Hollywood to their Midwestern parents.
8. To Rescue the Republic
by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney. The Fox News chief political anchor recounts challenges faced by Ulysses S. Grant.
9. Taste
by Stanley Tucci. The award-winning actor reflects on his career, Italian American heritage, meals and mishaps.
10. Woke Racism
by John McWhorter. The linguist gives his assessment of anti-racism and offers a plan that he believes will provide justice for Black America.